Need another word that means the same as “adversity”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “adversity” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Adversity” are: hardship, misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, distress, disaster, misadventure, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, heartbreak, heartache, wretchedness, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma, torment, torture
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “adversity” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| affliction | The state of being in pain. A crippling affliction of the nervous system. |
| bad luck | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. |
| difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result. They agreed about the difficulty of the climb. |
| disaster | A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. A string of personal disasters. |
| distress | Difficulty caused by lack of money. A distress call. |
| hardship | Something that causes or entails suffering- James Boswell. I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women. |
| heartache | Emotional anguish or grief, typically caused by the loss or absence of someone loved. The familiar pang of heartache. |
| heartbreak | Overwhelming distress. An unforgettable tale of joy and heartbreak. |
| ill luck | An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. |
| misadventure | An unfortunate incident; a mishap. The petty misdemeanours and misadventures of childhood. |
| misery | A person who is constantly miserable or discontented. The misery of the miner s existence. |
| misfortune | Bad luck. Never laugh at other people s misfortunes. |
| pain | A somatic sensation of acute discomfort. It s not a huge problem just a bit of a pain. |
| sorrow | An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. It was a great sorrow to her when they separated. |
| suffering | Psychological suffering. His disregard for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen. |
| torment | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors. |
| torture | Extreme mental distress. A torture chamber. |
| trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. A personal trauma like the death of a child. |
| tribulation | An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event. The tribulations of being a megastar. |
| trouble | Effort or exertion made to do something, especially when inconvenient. What is the trouble. |
| woe | Misery resulting from affliction. To add to his woes customers have been spending less. |
| wretchedness | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness. |
| aftermath | The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event. The aftermath of war. |
| aftershock | A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake. |
| aid | Financial or material help given to a country or area in need. A teaching aid. |
| befall | Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (Santayana. He promised that no harm would befall her. |
| beset | Assail or attack on all sides. She was beset with self doubt. |
| betide | Become of; happen to. I waited with beating heart not knowing what would betide. |
| blow | An act of blowing an instrument. Blow on the soup to cool it down. |
| calamity | An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. Emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity. |
| cataclysm | A sudden violent change in the earth’s surface. The cataclysm of the First World War. |
| catastrophe | A sudden violent change in the earth’s surface. Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system. |
| dilemma | State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. The insoluble dilemma of adolescence. |
| disaster | A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. His policies were a disaster. |
| disruption | Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process. No industry is immune to digital disruption. |
| earthquake | A disturbance that is extremely disruptive. A political earthquake. |
| hardship | Something that causes or entails suffering. A life of hardship. |
| holocaust | Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. A nuclear holocaust. |
| impending | (of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming. The author had returned to his country ahead of the impending war. |
| misadventure | An instance of misfortune. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. |
| mischance | An unlucky occurrence. By pure mischance the secret was revealed. |
| misfortune | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes. Never laugh at other people s misfortunes. |
| mishap | An instance of misfortune. Although there were a few minor mishaps none of the pancakes stuck to the ceiling. |
| needy | Needy people collectively. Needy and elderly people. |
| perturbation | A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset. The term distress connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset. |
| plight | A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation. The woeful plight of homeless people. |
| seismic | Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration. After a few days of seismic activity the volcanic eruption started. |
| suffering | Psychological suffering. Suffering refugees. |
| survival | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. His shorts were a survival from his army days. |
| tragedy | The dramatic genre represented by tragedies. His life had been plagued by tragedy. |
| unaccustomed | Unusual or unfamiliar. Many varieties of unaccustomed foods. |
| worst | To the highest degree of inferiority or badness. So pure of heart that his worst is another man s best. |
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